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This will cause the beam to bend. You need to see the beam like a stack of spaghetti.

Extended spagghettis are in tension

Shortened spaghettis are in compression

(equals signs represent the beam, dots represent air)

If it bends like this, it is tension on top, compression below

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If it bends like this, it is compression on top, tension bottom =.........................................=

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